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This law is getting a lot of attention because it's not a new law, it's an update to the existing law. Currently the law is in reference to telephones but is being updated to any electronic device. It's getting a lot of heat from local conservative talk radio. It's not actually on Jan Brewer's desk yet and she had no part in updating it. My guess is that from all the attention it has gotten that it will not pass. Take away the annoy and offend and it might pass. These are essentially anti-stalker laws. Since there is no legal definition for annoy and offend then it is loosely interpreted.

Not sure the accuracy of the Thomas Jefferson statement about not wanting Franklin to work on the Declaration of Independence, but after Jefferson had drafted the document he presented it to the committee for review. Committee members were Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston. Franklin and Adams made a few alterations to the wording. Franklin revised Jefferson's "We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable" to read "We hold these truths to be self-evident." This was definitely not a time for jokes.
At the time Ben Franklin had been suffering from some health problems so he probably wasn't in a joking mood either.

"No plan under serious consideration cuts spending in the way you and I think about it. Instead, the cuts being discussed are illusory and are not cuts from current amounts being spent, but cuts in prospective spending increases. This is akin to a family saving $100,000 in expenses by deciding not to buy a Lamborghini and instead getting a fully loaded Mercedes when really their budget dictates that they need to stick with their perfectly serviceable Honda."
http://www.ronpaul2012.net/2011/08/01/ron-paul-on-the-debt-ceiling-debate-just-freeze-the-budget/

Lisa: I'll stop buying Malibu Stacey clothing.
Bart: And I'll take up smoking and give that up.
Homer: Good for you, son. Giving up smoking is one of the hardest things you'll ever have to do. Have a dollar.
[gives a dollar bill to Bart]
Lisa: But he didn't do anything!
Homer: Didn't he, Lisa? Didn't he?

When Avatar came out I bought a blu-ray player. It was the only reason I bought one. Then I stuck in the avatar disk into the blu-ray player with my tub of popcorn and drink at the ready. The first message I get is "Disc can't be played". WTF! An insert on the disc says that an upgrade to the firmware may be required. WTF! I do not have a convenient way of hooking the blu-ray player to the internet. Oh man what a hassle. Forget the blu-ray player.. DRM has destroyed it.
Like CDs becoming obsolete to digital music... dvds and blu-ray will eventually do the same with digital movies.

Even if you are in the right lawsuits are very stressful situations. I recently battled my HOA for nearly 2 years. I won but at a cost. The lawsuit was all I could think about. My work suffered, my family suffered, my mental stability suffered, etc. I can fully understand why people choose to settle. To those people that are hating on Geohot... why don't they sue Sony for whatever it is they believe in?